Kāryn Taylor Artist
Academic Qualifications
Master of Fine Arts (First Class Hon), Elam School of Art, Auckland, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hon), Massey University, Wellington, 2005
Diploma in Graphic Design, Masters Institute, California, 1993
Diploma in Visual Communications, Christchurch Polytechnic, Christchurch, 1992
Upcoming Exhibitions
2024 Solo show, Melbourne Art Fair
2024 Aotearoa Art Fair
2024 Solo show, Sanderson Contemporary
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Future Philosophies, Suter Gallery, Nelson
Applied Geometry, Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington
2022
Fuzzy Logic, Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington
It's All Relative, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
2021
Static Object Infinite Event, Jhana Millers, Wellington
Squaring the Circle, Gallery9, Sydney
An Implicate Order, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
2020
Impossible Logic, Jhana Millers Gallery, Wellington
Auckland Art Fair, Online
2019
Electric Hum, Gallery9, Sydney
Shape of a Circle, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
How to Construct Your Universe, Millers O’Brien, Wellington
2018
Elements of Euclid, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
Diagram for a Quantum Event, Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland
2017
Implicate Order, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Time. Space. Existence., Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
2016
Line to Plane, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
2015
Line of Site, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
Immaterial Alchemy, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
New Geometries, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
2014
Jacob’s Ladder, Corner Gallery, Auckland
2010
Jacob’s Ladder, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Group Exhibitions
2023
Spring1883, Melbourne, Gallery 9
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery 9
2022
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery 9, Carriageworks, Sydney
2021
Orbit, 10 Days on the Island, Tasmania Arts Festival
2020
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Online
2019
Geometry of Thought, Wallace Art Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland
Illusions, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
Moniek Schrijer Kāryn Taylor Erica van Zon, Millers O'Brien, Wellington
2018
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, Southbank Arts Precinct, Melbourne
Auckland Art Fair, The Cloud, Auckland
2017
Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney
Art-Athina, Faliron Pavilion, Athens, Greece
Parkin Drawing Prize, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
2016
Auckland Art Fair, The Cloud, Auckland
Art-Athina, Faliron Pavilion, Athens, Greece
2015
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney
Light, 30upstairs, Wellington
Kāryn Taylor and Sandra Bushby, Window Gallery, Auckland
Sculpture, Sanderson Contemporary, Auckland
2014
New Zealand Sculpture on Shore, Fort Takapuna, Auckland
Wallace Art Award, Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland
National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, Auckland
2013
Abstract Philosophy, 30upstairs, Wellington
The Other Place, Allpress Gallery, Auckland
Launch 2012, Projectspace B431, Auckland
2012
Quietly Confident, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch
Lola Anne Tunbridge Award, Projectspace B431, Auckland
2009
A Matter of Mind, Dunedin Fringe Festival, Dunedin
2008
Practical Metaphysics, Dunedin Fringe Festival, Dunedin
Grants and Awards
2020 Finalist Parking Drawing Prize
2018 Finalist Fulbright-Wallace Award
2017 Merit Award, Parkin Drawing Prize
2017 Jan Warburton Trust Grant
2014 Sponsorship, New Zealand Sculpture on Shore
2014 Finalist, Wallace Art Award
2014 Finalist, National Contemporary Art Award
2012 Finalist, Wallace Art Award
2012 Finalist, Lola Anne Tunbridge Award
2008 Mitre10 Mega, Dunedin Fringe Festival Sponsorship
Collections
The Suter Art Gallery Collection
Arts House Trust, Auckland
Elliot Eyes Collection, Sydney
Justin Art House Museum, Melbourne
ACU Art Collection, Sydney
Florida Kyriacopoulos Private Collection and Museum, Athens Greece
Reviews and Publications
Art New Zealand, Kāryn Taylor Future Philosophies, Steve Austin, Spring 2023, p52
Kāryn Taylor Future Philosophies, Edward Hanfling, Zara Stanhope, Dr Kyla Mackenzie, 2023, ISBN 978-0-473-68055-8
ACU Art Collection; A New Perspective, Circular Spin, Zara Stanhope, 2020, p54-55 ISBN 978-1-922097-86-6
ArtZone, Light and Lines, Claire O'Loughlin, #82 2019-20, p23-31
Art New Zealand, The Observer Effect on Karyn Taylor, Lucinda Bennett, Summer 2018 - 19, p70-73
EyeContact, Taylor’s Moving (and moved around) Diagram, John Hurrell, 28 April 2018,
http://eyecontactsite.com/2018/04/taylors-moving-and-moved-around-diagram
EyeContact, Taylor’s Leaning Quadrilaterals, John Hurrell, 8 March 2017,
http://eyecontactsite.com/2017/03/taylors-leaning-quadrilaterals
Personal Structures, Open Borders, Kāryn Taylor, Jaimee Stockman-Young, 2017, p292.
Twenty /Twenty, Kāryn Taylor, Zara Stanhope, 2017, p140 – 147.
Contemporary HUM, An Interview with Kāryn Taylor, Contemporary HUM, 22 September 2017,
https://www.contemporaryhum.com/karyn-taylor-interview
Art22.gr, What we saw in Foreign Galleries at Art Athina, Maria Xypolopoulou, 2 June 2017, http://www.art22.gr/art-athina/
20 Artists, 20 Writers, One New Zealand Gallery, Karyn Taylor, Elizabeth Brookbanks, p148 – 155.
Art and Artist Blog, Anna Pappas Gallery: Simon MacEwan & Karyn Taylor, Zhen, 28 September 2015, http://artandartistsblog.net/
EyeContact, Collecting and Emitting Light, John Hurrell, 5 August 2015,
http://eyecontactsite.com/2015/08/collecting-and-emitting-light
Art Collector Magazine, 2015 Undiscovered Artists, Sue Gardiner, Apr – Jun 2015, p 114.
EyeContact, Outdoor Sculpture in Devonport, John Hurrell, 16 November 2014,
http://eyecontactsite.com/2014/11/outdoor-sculpture-in-devonport
EyeContact, National Contemporary Art Award in Hamilton, Peter Dornauf, September 1, 2014, http://eyecontactsite.com/2014/09/national-contemporary-art-award-in-hamilton
Rob Garrett Curator, Project 015: Karyn Taylor, Rob Garrett, 7 April 2014, http://robgarrettcfa.com/content/2013/09/18/corner-window-gallery
EyeContact, Thinking in the Abstract, Glen Snow, 23 October 2013, http://eyecontactsite.com/2013/10/thinking-in-the-abstract
EyeContact, Eight Elam Students, John Hurrell, 27 August 2013, http://eyecontactsite.com/2013/08/eight-elam-graduates
Elam-Ilam Quietly Confident, Victoria Wynne-Jones, University of Canterbury, 2012
Otago Daily Times, Take Note, March 18, 2010, p 30.
Adrienne Rewi Online, Rear Lights, Adrienne Rewi, http://adriennerewiimagines.blogspot.com/2010/06/rear-lights.html
Otago Daily Times, Fun House Trip into the Unknown, Nigel Benson, April 2, 2008, p 12.
Otago Daily Times, 2008 Dunedin Fringe, Nigel Benson, April 3, 2008, p 8.
Critic Magazine, Fringe Festival is Hotting Up, Neal Barber, March 10, 2008
Otago Daily Times, Invited Artists show a Fine Realism, James Dignan, April 10, 2008